Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number]
Burley, Harry B. '86, Aug. 22 Canty, John P. '90, July 13 Aborn, Willard G. '93, July 25 Calef, Austin L. F. '93, July 29 Meserve, William A. '96, June 10 Bishop, Eliot '01, July 25 Smith, Arthur K. '03, July 13 McFeeters, William R. '05, July 2 McKendree, Charles A. '07, Sept. 11 English, William F. '08, July 22 Hill, Albert L. '09, July 20 Sherman, Nathaniel A. '10, Aug. 4 MacLam, Julian D. '11, June 3 Morris, George M. '11, Aug. 20 Rollins, Malcolm G. '11, Sept. 5 Lenfestey, Nathan C. '13, Aug. 8 Fellows, Albert W. '14, July 17 Herlihy, William R. Jr. '14, July 31 Roland, William A. '14, July 31 Macdonald, Malcolm R. '15, June 5 Fuller, Donald W. 16, June 20 McMillan, Archibald L. '16, July 2 Berry, Elmer W. '17, June 11 Valentine, Gordon A. '18, Aug. 1 Sweet, Robert V. Jr. '20, July 24 Miller, Russell G. '21, July 21 Tucker, J. Robley '22, July 7 Grauer, Otto C. '24, July 9 Harvey, Kenneth A. 24, Aug. 10 Dick, Alfred C. '27, July 2 Gordon, Earle C. Jr. '33, Aug. 22 Leavenworth, Lester S. '33, Sept. 4 Goss, William C. '34, Aug. 13 Bates, John T. '39, Aug. 22 Tillson, Roger W. Jr. '50, Aug. 26 Kramer, Milton S. '54, Aug. 20 Cushman, Ruggles A. '83m, May 12 McWilliam, William H. '95m, Dec. 27, 1952 Burr, Clarence H. '98m, Aug. 10 Coolidge, John W. '01m, Aug. 17 Messinger, Herbert B. '28m, July 29
1886
HARRY BENJAMIN BURLEY died at his home 586 Newton St., Brookline, Mass., on August 22.
Harry was born May 26, 1867, at Epping N. H., the son of Joseph C. and Sarah (Haley) Burley. At the age of 15 he entered the Chandler Scientific School. About Thanksgiving of his first semester he suffered a serious injury to his eye and was obliged to withdraw from college. He was not able to return to Hanover until the fall of 1885. The following spring he was again obliged to leave college, this time by peritonitis. In the fall of 1883 he entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A few weeks before graduation in 1890 he was offered the position of City Engineer in Nashua, N. H., which he accepted even though it meant the sacrifice of a much coveted diploma.
Harry remained at Nashua until 1893 when he joined the inspection and engineering department of the Factory Mutual Insurance Co. After serving this company 12 years he founded the Boston Insulated Wire and Cable Co., a pioneer concern in the manufacture of special wires and cables. Harry was still its president and treasurer at the time of his death.
Harry was an active member of many civic and professional societies and always maintained a lively interest in 1886 and Dartmouth. He is survived by his wife, Louise (Wells) Burley, three sons, Joseph, Robert and Harry, a brother, a sister, and 11 grandchildren.
1890
JOHN PATRICK CANTY was born in Portsmouth, N. H., where he prepared for college. He graduated from the Chandler School with honors and delivered his graduating essay "Architecture as an Index of National Civilization." He was a member of the varsity football team and the varsity tug of war. After graduation Canty entered the employ of the Boston and Maine R.R. and for many years was Supervisor of Bridges and Buildings on the Fitchburg Division. He then was a valued member of the Maintenance of Way Dept., until he retired in July 1949.
In 1896 he married Katherine Crowley of Arlington, Mass. They had four children, Godfrey (Dartmouth '22), Catherine (Mrs. Ralph Weston), Eleanor and Ruth. They all survive him and also one grandson. Had John lived until August he would have been 89. He passed away at his home, 40 Prospect St., Melrose, Mass., July 13, after a long illness.
John was one of the most loyal of Dartmouth graduates. He attended all the reunions and contributed generously to all requests for funds. Funeral services were held July 16 at his Church. He will be missed by all of us of '90 and by his host of business companions, neighbors and friends.
1893
WILLARD GRANT ABORN died at his home in Shrewsbury, Vt., on July 25. He was born in Wakefield, Mass., September 23, 1870, the son of George Washington and Mary Frances (Pennell) Aborn. He prepared at Monson Academy, and in college was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Tiger Senior Society, manager of the orchestra and band, and vice-president of his class.
From 1896 to 1913 "Aby" was general manager of J. C. Pearson Co., manufacturers of coated nails; he was later connected with the Lake Erie Machinery and Supply Co., the Clifton Nail and Supply Co., the United States Timber Co. in California, and the Westchester Discount Co. In 1930 he became associated with the F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co. and remained with them until his retirement in 1950. He was president of the Rhode Island Arborist Association, 1933-35, and in 1935 was president of the national association.
For many years he was a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and was one of the organizers of the Cleveland Athletic Club. He was also a member of the Elks, Masonic commandery and Shrine, Sons of the' American Revolution, and was Deacon Emer- itus of the Barrington, R. I., Congregational Church.
A loyal and devoted alumnus, Mr. Aborn gave unstintingly of his energies to Dartmouth enterprises. He organized and was first president of the Dartmouth Club of Northern Ohio; member of the Alumni Council 1913-17; class agent, 1915-16, 1938-47; and had served the class as secretary since 1938.
On September 23, 1896 in Chicago Mr. Aborn was married to Florence Louise Higgins, who died in June 1945. On April 6, 1947 m St. Petersburg he was married to Mrs. Edith Goodwin Parker who survives him. He is also survived by his daughter, Mrs. Arthur S. VanDeusen Jr., his son John R. Aborn '22; two grandsons John P. '52 and Foster L. '56; a granddaughter Mrs. Edgar L. Goelz, and a step-son Marcellus Parker.
A life-long friend described Mr. Aborn as "a rare man, a great gentleman with every fine attribute, true to his principles, to his myriad of friends, to his family, his college, his country and his church."
Funeral services were held in Warren, R. I., and burial was in Prince's Hill Cemetery in Barrington.
AUSTIN LEA FOREST CALEF died at his home in East Barrington, N. H., on July 29. Austin was one of the most widely known and respected business men in the state and an outstanding figure in political circles.
Born in Barrington on February 10, 1871, the son of Josiah R. and Mary (Chesley) Calef, he attended Northwood Academy and was a member of the Class of 1893 for two years, when he transferred to the Medical School for a brief term.
After leaving college Austin went to work in the small general store which his mother had started in 1869 with the money she had saved by teaching school. From this grew CALEF'S, a country store visited by hundreds of people every day and world famous for its cheese.
Austin served in the N. H. Senate from 1933-1939. One of the state highways has been named Calef Highway, the first in the state ever to be named for a living person. He served the town of Barrington as treasurer and auditor, was warden of the Barrington Congregational Church and chairman of the Strafford County Draft Board. On April 24, 1953 the University of New Hampshire awarded him the Granite State Citation for outstanding achievement in the field of business. He was a trustee of the Strafford Savings Bank in Dover and a member of the Strafford County Farm Bureau. He was a 32nd degree Mason and active in Masonic affairs in the state.
On February 14, 1893 Austin was married to Clellie M. Chesley who survives him with four sons, Clarence L., Leon C., A. Harlan and Robert R., and two daughters, Mrs. Perne Hutchinson and Miss Dorothy Calef.
1894
FRED LYMAN SMALLEY was born in Lebanon, N. H., November 1, 1872, the son of Dixi Crosby and Hattie (Simpson) Smalley. He prepared for college at the Lebanon High School, from which nine other men went with him into Dartmouth '94. His brother, Bertrand A., is the only surviving member of this group.
In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Casque and Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa. He was the only '94 man who became a member of the varsity team in the three sports of baseball, football, and track. He was a halfback on the varsity football team and for the track team ran in the sprints up to the quarter mile. He was captain and pitcher on our class baseball team for four years.
'94 has had seven physicians of whom Fred Smalley is the last to go. He secured his medical education at Dartmouth and Jefferson Medical College. Being awarded his M.D. at Dartmouth in 1897, he began practice in his home town of Lebanon. After five years he moved to Reading, Mass., where he practiced for 32 years. He then moved to Maine, first to Andover, and after a short time to Bryant Pond where he spent the rest of his life. He was a member of the New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine medical societies and was rated as a competent and faithful member of his profession.
A re-reading of Fred's letters during the years shows the depth of his attachment to his class. He always did his part in making our roundups and reunions memorable. When word came of his paralytic stroke on February 1, we hoped that it would yield to treatment. For a time there seemed to be a small gain but there were other slight strokes and even Fred's courage which had kept up during the weeks had to give way. He died at his home in Bryant Pond on May 21. Interment was at Reading. Welton and C. C. Merrill, and his brother, were present from the class.
Fred was twice married: first in 1898 to Helen A. Hobbs, who died in 1937; next in 1935 to Jemma Joy, who survives him. He is also survived by his daughter, Mrs. Faith S. Cummings of West Paris, Maine, and by his brother, whose home is in Jamaica Plain. Mass."
1896
WILLIAM ANDREW MESERVE died at his home in Creighton, Nebr., on June 16.
He was born in Haverhill, N. H., May 7, 1873. He spent one year with the class and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1895 and practiced in Creighton for over 50 years.
He was a member of the Nebraska state senate in 1905-06 and was a member of the Nebraska constitutional convention 1919-20. He was a member of the Nebraska and American bar associations.
On April 6, 1904 Bill was married to Katherine Ryan who survives him with two sons, William J. and Robert J.
1901
FRANK WILLIAM LOWE passed away at the Quincy City Hospital on April 20. He had been retired for some years and lived a quiet life at his home, 33 Albion Rd., Wollaston, Mass., but spending his summers on his farm in Belfast, Maine.
Frank was born in Boston, July 22, 1877 and graduated from Boston Latin School. In college he was a campus figure, a natural for football. He easily made the varsity freshman year, played for four years, and was captain of the team senior year. In later years he continued his interest in football and served as referee for many games. "Brewer" was always popular with his classmates and served as class president the winter term of freshman year. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx.
After graduation he entered the meat and produce business and continued in that line all his life. He was in Worcester with the Genery Stevens Co., serving as president and sales manager, and later was manager of Armour & Co. in that city. Then he came back to Boston and was with the Batchelder & Snyder Co.
He is survived by his wife, Isabel Wells Lowe, and one son, Comdr. Frank W. Lowe Jr., USN, and a daughter, Mrs. Fritz Streiferd.
CHARLES HEWITT RENNIE HOWE was born in West Boylston, Mass., February 12, 1876, and after graduating from Worcester Academy entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1897. Due to financial difficulties he was obliged to leave college after sophomore year. However, he had absorbed the Dartmouth Spirit so that he was ever loyal to the class and college, and for many years was active in the Dartmouth Club of Virginia, serving as its president 1943-1946. He had a most happy time at our 45th reunion, and often wrote about his great enjoyment at that time.
From 1899 to 1903 he was engaged in engineering in Worcester, then followed some years with various railroad systems, and a period as an engineer on the Panama Canal. In 1925 he became connected with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and continued with that company until his retirement. Charlie Howe made a name for himself in his position as Cost Engineer of Maintenance, for he planned, developed and maintained a system of cost records that have been extensively used by other railroads, and he frequently addressed various organizations on this subject. He retired in 1947 and continued to live in Richmond until his death June 17, 1954.
Charlie was a member of the Masonic Order, and was a member of the American Numismatic Association and the American Railway Engineers Association. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Nelson Howe, three sons and two daughters, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at his home with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Richmond. A number of Dartmouth men were in attendance, and Douglas Vanderhoof represented the class.
1903
ARTHUR KENDAL SMITH died July 13 at his home 123 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Gloucester, Mass. He was born in West Boylston, Mass., November 11, 1880, the son of Walter H. and Mary (Whitehouse) Smith. In college he was on the football and track teams.
After leaving Dartmouth he coached and studied at Worcester Tech, Norwich University and Miami University at Oxford, Ohio.
"A.K." held a U.S. Civil Service rating as a structural and mechanical engineer. In 1912 he organized the Biscayne Construction Co. in Miami, Fla., where he built roads and buildings. He came to Gloucester in 1919 and was a salesman in charge of plant equipment and ice cream machinery, combining this with engineering in power refrigeration and water cooling. During World War II he was with the General Electric Co. at Lynn. After the war he operated a carbonator business plant at the Beacon Marine Basin at East Gloucester. He was a member of lowa State Traveling Men's Ass'n, United Travelers, and a life member of the Boylston Lodge of Masons.
He leaves his wife, Alice (McLoud) Smith, a daughter Barbara, a son Arthur A., city engineer at San Mateo, Calif., and four grandchildren.
1905
On July 2, the Class of '05 lost its youngest member. WILLIAM RENSSELAER MCFEETERS died after long illness, at age 69, at St. Albans, Vt., where he had practiced law since 1917.
After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1908, Mr. McFeeters served at St. Paul, Minn., in a sales and law school extension capacity. He practiced law with his father in 1912 for four years in his native city of Enosburs? Falls in northern Vermont, and began a long career in state politics.
Serving Governors Fletcher and Wills as executive secretary, he was also treasurer of the Republican State Committee, state attorney for Franklin County, draft appeal agent in World War I for his county, state senator 1938-1941, chairman of the Vermont Public Service Commission in 1941 and 1942. From 1951 until recently, he had been a member of the State Board of Legislative Draftsmen.
In 1919 he was trial attorney for the Central Vermont Railroad. He was a vestryman in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and was a student of the history of land titles in the Lake Champlain Valley. In late years Mr. McFeeters had been failing in health.
Mrs. Alma Stone McFeeters, whom he married in Boston in 1906, was the mother of their two children, Marjorie and William. Mrs. Alma McFeeters died in 1924. Mrs. Gladys McFeeters, who survives, was Mr. McFeeter's second wife.
1908
REV. WILLIAM FRYE ENGLISH, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Norwood, Mass., passed away July 22 at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
"Parson Bill" was born in Essex Junction, Vt., July 13, 1886, the scion of three generations of ministers. Shortly after his birth his parents were commissioned missionaries to Turkey and Bill lived there until he was six years old, when his father returned to Connecticut.
He prepared for Dartmouth at Monson Academy. In college he was editor of the Dartmouth Students Handbook for three years, served on the 'OB Aegis board, and graduated with honors in public speaking and debate. He graduated from Hartford Theological Seminary in 1911.
He was ordained and served his first pastorate at Westbrook, Conn.; in 1913 was called to Saco, Maine, and in 1916 to Lowell, Mass. In 1919-20 he was Massachusetts Director of Near East Relief and in 1920 was called to become District Secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions for the Central West covering 22 states and sometimes travelling 35,000 miles a year. As a result of his work the American Board support was increased about $300,000 annually. From 1926 to 1929 he was Central Division Manager for the endowment of American Colleges in the Near East with headquarters in Chicago, building up the endowments from $3,000,000 to $16,000,000.
In 1929 he became vice president of Rockford College in Rockford, Ill. In 1932 he was called to the pastorate of the First Congregational Church in Norwood, which he served until his death.
Mr. English was a corporate member of the American Board of Foreign Missions and a trustee of International College of Beirut, Syria; director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches; Moderator and President of the Norwood Council of Churches and active in many other religious organizations.
During World War I he received a medal from the U.S. Government for his patriotic services in war drives. He was a member of Orient Lodge AF&AM of Broad Brook, Conn. His college fraternity was Sigma Nu to which he has been alumni advisor.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Dickinson, a daughter Mrs. J. H. Anderson, two brothers Rev. James F. and John English, and a sister Mrs. Arthur Carrano.
"Parson Bill" was a loyal member of the class and will be greatly missed. He was rugged, fearless and possessed a warm heart and spent himself in the cause he served.
1909
REV. ALBERT LEWELLYN HILL died on July 20 in the hospital at Bar Mills, Me., to which he had been taken after suffering a heart attack at his home in Goodwins Mills, Me.
"Al" was born at Goodwins Mills, the son of Jeremiah and Victoria Almyra (Riley) Hill, on January 10, 1867. He was graduated from Gorham Normal School and Bangor Theological School and ordained in the Congregational Church. While in charge of the church at Enfield, N. H., he entered Dartmouth and received his A.B. degree with the class of 1909.
He was active in the Congregational Church for over 34 years, holding pastorates in Enfield, N. H., Hinsdale, N. H., Wells, Me., and Wilton, N. H. This last charge lasted until his retirement in 1934 and gave him much satisfaction as the Unitarian Church joined the Congregational Church in maintaining morning services in that town.
He was married in 1892 at Westbrook, Me., to Florence Belle Hamilton who survives with three daughters, the Misses Ada, Gladys and Winifred of West Hartford, Conn. He also leaves a brother Virgil Hill of Dayton, Me.
From the time Al was thirteen years old carpenter tools were a joy to him and were used every year since. He was building a new garage which he had planned for some time when he was stricken.
A simple commemorative service was held in the village church dear to his heart and burial was in the village cemetery where so many of his ancestors are buried.
1910
NATHANIEL ALDEN SHERMAN died suddenly on August 4 at his home in Plympton, Mass. Funeral services were held in the Congregational Church, Plympton Green, August 7.
"Nate" Sherman was born February 7, 1888 in Boston, son of Nathaniel Parker and Annie (Alden) Sherman. He prepared for Dartmouth at Boston English High School. In his freshman year at college he was captain of his class track team and manager of the class basketball team. He was a member of the varsity track team for four years during which time he set records in the broad jump (22' 4" in 1908) and indoor high jump (5' 10⅝" in 1909). In 1908 also, he equalled the record of 10 seconds set earlier by McDavitt. In 1908 Nate was a member of the American Olympic team and competed in the Post Olympic Games in London with Art Shaw '08.
Following his graduation from Dartmouth he taught for one year at Hill School. From 1911-1915 he was with the Electric Light & Power Co., Key West, Fla., and towards the end of that period was sales agent for the Key West Electric Co. In 1915-16 he was associated with the Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co., Pawtucket, R. I. Late in 1916 he entered the automobile business as co-partner of Burnett & Sherman, Ford dealers in Boston. In 1920 he was made president of the company. In 1929 he was a car dealer in Quincy, Mass. and in 1931 was Chevrolet dealer in Braintree. He later became interested in cattle raising concentrating on registered Guernseys. He was a Mason.
Nate's first marriage was to Marian E. Harris in Key West, August 29, 1913. November 12, 1942 he married Phyllis Cooper deBaun in Plympton. Survivors besides the widow, are a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Sherman Ingalls, two sons, Vining Alden Sherman '38 and Nathaniel Harris Sherman '42.
Nate Sherman was deeply interested in his Class and College. He had attended the last two informal reunions in Hanover and drove all day last fall in order to attend the Harvard game dinner of the Class. His passing is a real loss to the Class of '10.
1911
JULIAN DALES MACLAM died on June 3 from a kidney ailment that began in his last year at Dartmouth. Mac was born in Ryegate, Vt., on November 16, 1889, and came to Dartmouth from St. Johnsbury Academy. Following graduation he returned to Ryegate where he was associated in the pulp and lumber business, and later in the insurance business. During the war he worked with the Colt Manufacturing Co. and the Pratt & Whitney Co. in Hartford, Conn. Although Mac was handicapped by ill health throughout his life, he was still an active and interested member of the class and a frequent reunioner with us. Mac was one of the few 1911 bachelors.
A coronary thrombosis brought sudden death to GEORGE MAURICE MORRIS at his home, 2401 Kalorama Rd., Washington, D. C. on August 20, almost immediately following his return from Chicago where he had been honored by the American Bar Association.
George was born in Chicago and came to Dartmouth from University High School there. He received the degree of J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1915. He was a 1st Lieutenant in the U. S. Army, Ordnance, and started practicing law in Washington in 1919 with KixMiller & Baar. In 1928 he became partner in the firm to which was added his name and which this year gave way to the name of Morris, Pearce, Gardner & Pratt.
His activity in the American Bar Association started in 1920 and continued up to the last moment of his life. He was chairman of various committees in the organization and was elected president of the organization in 1942. He was instrumental in the founding of the Federal Taxation Committee and became a recognized authority in this field. In 1946 he joined with lawyers from twenty nations in the Western Hemisphere, Europe and Asia to form an International Bar Association for the advancement of the science of jurisprudence in the areas of international and comparative law. He was chairman of its executive committee and speaker of its House of Deputies, and as such, together with Mrs. Morris, visited practically every foreign country outside of the Iron Curtain in the establishment of local chapters. He had only shortly returned from a trip around the world in this capacity.
In 1948 he was awarded Peru's Order of the Sun, and was made a Knight Commander of the Order of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes of Cuba. He was also a member of the District Bar Association, the Washington Criminal Justice Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, the American Law Institute and the American Society of International Law. As Chairman of the United Nations Committee on International Jurisdiction, he has provided distinguished American leadership. He received the following citation with the presentation of the medal at the recent Bar Association's Meeting in Chicago:
"His vision and leadership have contributed in large measure to the completion of a 'cathedral to testify to our faith in the role of law.' Recognizing that professional interests and problems are not circumscribed by national boundaries, he has actively participated in international organizations of lawyers and has reflected honor upon this association through his service in positions of prominence and responsibility in the Inter-American and International Bar Associations."
Since his death, this announcement was made by A.B.A. President Loyd Wright: "The building of the American Bar center in Chicago was the realization of a dream of George Morris and it is fitting that his friends and co-workers should establish a memorial there to perpetuate the memory of this great American lawyer."
George was active in many other ways. He headed a group urging action to save Europe's Jews. He was appointed a member of President Eisenhower's Administrative Law Conference and became its vice-chairman. He was president of the Board of Trustees of the Woodlawn Public Foundation, which acquired the Virginia estate given by George Washington to his adopted daughter. He was active in numerous phases of life of the Capital, a member of the Board of Corporators of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, and a strong supporter of both the Dartmouth and University of Chicago general Alumni Assn's, being president of both in 1940 and 1941, and a member of the Alumni Council 1922-28. He was the author of many articles in professional periodicals, and co-author of "Procedure and Practice before the United States Board of Tax Appeals," and "Hidden Taxes in Corporate Reorganizations."
He continued his interest and leadership m his fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, both at Dartmouth and as honorary president of the national fraternity in 1939.
George was chairman of the arbitration panel which heard testimony in the $400,000 inheritance tax fight pertaining to the estate of Mrs. Larz Anderson.
He is survived by his wife, Miriam: two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth T. Young Jr. of Washington, and Mrs. William L. Garlick of Ruxton, Md.; and a son, Hugh Ross Morris '45 of Palo Alto, Calif. Funeral services were held at the Washington Cathedral. Many leaders in American and foreign governments acted as honorary pallbearers. Ted Stafford represented the Class at the funeral. Burial was in Old St. Paul's Church cemetery near Chestertown, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
1913
NATHAN COGGESHALL LENFESTEY died suddenly on August 8 at his home 30 Essex Road, Summit, N. J., of a heart attack.
Nate was born in Marion, Indiana, in 1890, son of William L. Lenfestey and Sarah Coggeshall. There he received his elementary and high school education. After leaving school he took a position in the Grant Trust and Savings Co. in Marion, Indiana. He entered DePauw University in 1909 and after two years and a half at DePauw, he transferred to Dartmouth and graduated in 1913. He graduated from Tuck School in 1914.
His first work was with the Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co., Dolgeville, N. Y., 1914-1915, as production manager. He then became associated with Wm. Filene's Sons Co., in Boston until September, 1917, when he went to New York to the National City Bank. He soon was appointed assistant cashier in charge of the organizing department. On November 25, 1919 he was made cashier, a position he held at his death. He was made a vice-president in July 1940 and an executive vice-president in October 1952. Nate was also a director, vice president, secretary, and treasurer of the International Banking Corp. and of the National City Realty Corp., and a director, secretary and treasurer of the National City Safe Deposit Co.
He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, the Union League Club, Bankers Club and the Dartmouth Club of New York He had also been a member of the N. Y. Athletic Club and the Academy of Political Science of N. Y.
He attended the 10th Reunion and the 15th with Jeannette. He served as class treasurer from 1923-1928, was vice-president of the General Alumni Association 1936-38, president of the Tuck School Clearing House 1927-28. member of the Athletic Council 1926-32 and of the Alumni Council 1931-32 and 1933-36.
Surviving are his widow, Jeannette Ricketts Lenfestey, two sons William R. and John F. '42, and two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Kanouse and Mrs. Janet L. Gadebush.
Nate will be greatly missed by the class and Dartmouth men in and out of banking circles. A splendid and very impressive Resolution was adopted by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National City Bank of New York on August 17.
1914
ALBERT WHITTIER FELLOWS died on July 17 in Bangor, Maine, following a brief illness. He was Chief of Pediatric Service at the Eastern Maine General Hospital and was one of the leading children's specialists in Maine. His home was at 52 Ohio St., Bangor.
Al was born in Dorchester, Mass., June 18, 1892, and attended Boston Latin School from which he entered Dartmouth, where he was a member of A. K. K. and Gamma Alpha. After graduation from Dartmouth in 1914 he received his M.D. from Harvard in 1917.
During World War I, he was assigned to Base Hospital 44, Camp Dix and later served in France. Since that time he had practiced in Maine and was active in many organizations, being Past President of the New England Academy of Pediatrics and Penobscot County Medical Association, and a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Bangor Medical Association, and Maine Medical Association. He served as a member of the Bangor Water Board for eleven years and was a member of the Tarratine Club and Penobscot Valley Country Club, and a vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his wife, the former Amy Rhodes, a daughter, Mrs. Richard B. Newhall, two sons, William E. '45 and Richard R., and five grandchildren.
Fred Davidson and Hod Potter represented the class at the services.
WILLIAM RICHARD HERLIHY died suddenly at his home, 420 Washington St., Gloucester, Mass., on July 31. He was vice-president and trust officer of the State Street Trust Co., Boston, with which he had been associated for thirty years.
A native of Lynn, Mass., he came to Dartmouth from Lynn Classical High School. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1914, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, he attended Harvard Law School, receiving his law degree in 1917.
He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Louise Langill, two daughters, Mrs. Barbara L. Tirrell and Mrs. Phoebe F. King, his mother, a brother and sister, and six grandchildren.
At the requiem mass, the class was represented by Harold Brown, Walt Daley, Jim Gregg, Abe Newmark, and your secretary.
JOHN FRANCIS MCCULLOUGH JR. died at his home on Round Hill Drive, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., on June 5 after a long illness.
He was born in Worcester, Mass., and went from the South High School to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, the 1914 Aegis Board, and the basketball, football, and track squads.
A chemist, Jack had been connected with duPont Co. for many years but had recently retired.
He leaves his wife, the former Augusta E. Perree, a son John T., Jr., two daughters, Mrs. William Rand and Dorothy, also five brothers and three sisters. A requiem mass was held in St. Joseph's Church, Bronxville, N. Y.
WILLIAM ALFRED ROLAND died at his home, 418 Ash St., Brockton, Mass., on July 31 after a protracted illness.
Bill was born in Brockton on February 5, 1891, the son of William Alfred and Alice (Creed) Roland. He was educated in the Brockton schools. In college he was a member of the freshman and varsity baseball teams.
For several years after graduation Bill was connected with the Sears Roebuck shoe factories and then in 1916 became a buyer for F. B. Washburn & Co., Brockton. From 1928 to 1932 he was foreman for Wm. F. Schraffts of Charlestown and until his retirement was superintendent of C. A. Briggs Co. of Cambridge.
On April 17, 1922 Bill was married to Alice Giles who died in May 1950. He is survived by three sons William A. Jr., Mathew R. and Paul G.
1915
MALCOLM RANALD MACDONALD died suddenly on June 5. He had been in failing health for the past three or four years and suffered a severe heart attack a year ago.
Malcolm was bora October 17, 1892 in Minneapolis. After college he returned to his home town and worked for the Pillsbury Flour Mills until the outbreak of World War I when he became an officer in the Quartermaster Corps. Following the war he returned briefly to Pillsbury and then entered the contracting business for a period of twelve years, building all types of homes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
In 1930, he purchased the Preston M. Nolan Co., real estate appraisers in Chicago, and in 1931 formed his own company, Malcolm R. Macdonald & Co., industrial analysts.
Malcolm was a member of the Union League Club of Chicago and of the Skokie Country Club.
His classmates remember him with affection for his gift of friendliness, his buoyant spirit, and his generous thoughtfulness of others.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vali Macdonald of Glen View, Ill.; three children by a former marriage - Mrs. James H. Ferry Jr. of Glencoe; Malcolm Jr. '40 of Wilmette, and Mary Stuart Macdonald of New York; and six grandchildren.
To all of them the Class of 1915 extends its heartfelt sympathy in bearing a mutual loss.
1916
Dartmouth lost a loyal son and 1916 a loyal classmate in the death of DON WELLINGTON FULLER who passed away quietly while watching TV with his family at their residence, 1892 Elm St., Manchester, N. H., on June 20. His death occurred while 1916 was having an interim reunion at Lake Fairlee, and the news was received with sadness on the part of all who knew him.
Don was born in Lynn, Mass., the son of Charles Sylvester and Addie Gertrude (Usher) Fuller. He attended Lynn Classical High School. As an undergraduate he was a member of the freshman mandolin club, Chi Phi, Sphinx and the Dartmouth Outing Club.
During World War I he was a second lieutenant, field artillery, with the A.E.F. After the war he was successively with Fuller-Thurber Co., Boston; E. H. Rollins & Son, Boston; Burnett & Sherman, Boston; and from 1928 to 1932 had his own business in the manufacture and distribution of veneers in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Stricken with a creeping paralysis in his prime, he was an invalid for fifteen years, and it was during this period of incurable invalidism that Don exhibited the characteristics of courage, cheerfulness and indomitable spirit that intensified the affection that his classmates held for him, and made him a symbol of the highest type of moral stamina in the eyes of the large number of friends who visited him and wondered at his mental alertness and his refusal to become downhearted because of the blows of fate. He will always be remembered for these great qualities.
He is survived by his devoted wife, Mary, two sons, Charles Sylvester and Elliot Lambert, and a daughter Anne Maynard. He is buried in Manchester, and his funeral was attended by Gene McQuesten, Ralph George, Cliff Bean, Ralph Parker, Jim Coffin, Jim Shanahan and Dick Parkhurst.
After a long illness, during most of which time he refused to admit he was ill at all, ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTON MCMILLAN passed away at his home, 4945 Chestnut St., Philadelphia on July 2. He was born in Hyde Park, Mass., November 28, 1892, son of Archibald and Barbara (Roberts) McMillan, and prepared at Chateaugay High School.
In 1923 he was married to Margaret Saunders, who survives him.
Arch served as a private in the Sanitation Corps of the U.S. Army during World War I, and following the war, engaged in the automobile business in Philadelphia. Except for two periods of his business life, when he was in the hardware business in Washington, D. C., and with Frigidaire and Nash Kelvinator in Baltimore, he spent his business career in Philadelphia, in the automobile and electrical appliance business.
Because of his distance from the usual centers of activity of the class, Arch was not seen by many of his classmates after graduation, but the quiet and retiring manner which characterized him in college remained with him all during his lifetime. Nevertheless he was a friendly and companionable man who had the respect and affection of all who had a chance to become acquainted with him. During his last months of failing health he sustained prolonged suffering with great fortitude and resignation, as testified to by classmates and others who were neighbors.
1917
ELMER WOODWORTH BERRY, who was born at Middleton, Mass., on February 4, 1895, the son of Milton W. and Annie Woodworth Berry, died on June 12, at Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. His home was at 42 Guion St., Pleasantville, N. Y.
Elmer was a veteran of World War I, having enlisted October 12, 1917- He served overseas from June 1918 to July 1919. He was honorably discharged on July 21, 1919 at Mitchell Field, N. Y. He was appointed Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery Officers Reserve Corps on May 1, 1919.
For 14 years Elmer had been a salesman tor the Clarke Sanding Machine Co., New York. He is survived by his wife, the former Anna O'Hearn, a son Wallace and a daughter Marion.
Elmer was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
1918
GORDON ANDERSON VALENTINE died of a heart attack on August 1 at his home, 1000 Jackson St., Green Bay, Wis.
Val was born in Chicago February 9, 1895, and attended Lawrenceville before coming to Dartmouth. He was a member of DKE and served in the army from August to December, 1918.
For many years Val was a salesman for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and in recent years had been a salesman for the Green Bay Box Co. In April 1919 he was married to Martha Vogel who survives him with a son Gordon A. Jr. and a daughter Betty Lou.
Val had a host of Dartmouth friends and the tributes paid him in Green Bay testified to the affection and esteem in which he was held there.
1920
Word of the death of WILLIAM HOLBROOK NELSON reached his classmates and the College authorities only this summer, although he passed away in Aiken, S. C., on December 5, 1952. He had retired from his work as a construction engineer in Keene, N. H., in September, 1950, because of ill health, and since then had made his home in the south.
Born in Springfield, Mass., April 28, 1897, Bill was the son of Edwin Alvin and Emma (Holbrook) Nelson. He went from Central High in Springfield to Dartmouth, and after graduation at Hanover went on to take his M.C.S. degree from Tuck School in 1922. He was a member of Sigma Nu.
Two major activities dominated Bill's adult life: his work as an engineer, which assumed various forms before, during and after World War II; and his attachment to the National Guard in New Hampshire. He was commissioned 2nd Lt„ O.R.C., after field artillery service in World War I, and later served as a 1st Lieutenant in the National Guard until September, 1940. He was connected with the New Hampshire Highway Department from 1925 to 1942, returning to similar work in Keene, N. H., after wartime construction activity at Quonset, R. I.
Bill was married to Mary Baker Litchfield January 12, 1924. He is survived by his widow and by their daughter Constance.
ROBERT VAUGHAN SWEET JR. died at his home, 552 Upper Blvd., Ridgewood, N. J., on July 24 after a long illness. For many years he had been connected with the Chase National Bank in New York and at the time of his death was assistant cashier of the Park Avenue Branch at 60th Street. He was 57 years old.
A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, which he attended from his home in Rochester, N. H., Bob remained at Dartmouth through his freshman year only. During that year he was married to Marjorie Forbes. A second marriage, to Marion V. Wilcox, took place in November 1935. Bob's widow survives him, as do his three daughters, Mrs. W. F. Babcock, Mrs. E. L. H. Stevens Jr. and Miss Nancy Sweet; and his two sons, Richard W. and Robert V. Sweet 3d.
While he was in Hanover Bob joined Theta Delta Chi. He began his business career with the Merchants National Bank in Boston, and later served as branch manager for the National Shawmut Bank of Boston before joining the Chase organization in 1931.
1921
After an illness of three months, JOHN MARSHALL JOPSON died in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. on May 23. Jack was born in Germantown, Pa., on December 21, 1898, the son of Thomas Walker and Lydia Susan (Brinton) Jopson. He prepared for college at Germantown Academy.
In entering Dartmouth he followed his older brother, Arthur B. Jopson '17. Jack lived at 31 Massachusetts Hall with Bill Keys that freshman year and went Beta Theta Pi. The next year, however, he transferred to University of Penn. to study mechanical engineering. The death of his father forced Jack to leave college at the end of his junior year. He soon found employment with Wm. Anderson Co., a local firm of engineers, and worked there all his life. At the time of his death, he was in charge of the design of heating and ventilating systems.
On July 27, 1934 Jack married Virginia Van Court. They had two daughters, Joan Pearson Jopson, entering Drexel Institute this year, and Deborah Brinton Jopson.
A few years ago Jack and Virginia acquired a home at 159 Greenwood Ave., Wyncote, Pa., where Jack became active in All Hallows' Episcopal Church as a choir singer and Secretary of the Vestry.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters, his mother, sister and his nephew, Arthur B. Jopson Jr. '45.
RUSSELL GORDON MILLER, died on July 21 after a short illness at his home, 10 Parkway, Utica, N. Y.
Russ was born in Utica on December 30, 1898, the son of George William and H. Elizabeth (Moore) Miller and prepared at Utica Free Academy.
During his one year at Dartmouth he lived at 36 New Hampshire Hall with Tom Norcross. From October to December 1918, Russ served in the S.A.T.C. at Colgate and then transferred to Hamilton College to complete his studies and graduate in 1921.
While selling real estate in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the mid-twenties, Russ became interested in the management of hotels and then of country clubs. After trying out at the Tropic Terrace Hotel in St. Petersburg and the Hotel Pancoast, Miami, he successively managed country clubs at Olympia Fields, Medinah, Evanston, La Grange and Winnetka, Illinois, then at New Orleans, La., Rochester, N. Y., and since 1952 at Woolfert's Roost Country Club in Albany, N. Y.
On November 10, 1926 in St. Petersburg, Fla., Russ married Dora Kummerfeldt who survives him.
At the time of his death, Russ was National Treasurer of the Club Managers Association of America, a life member of Utica Lodge 47, A.F.&A.M., and attended Grace Episcopal Church in Utica.
1922
Word has been received of the passing of KENNETH RICHARDSON CALDWELL on May 18, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was born in Boston on June 4, 1899 and subsequently lived in Brooklyn where he attended Erasmus Hall High School. Ken entered Dartmouth with the class of 1922 but left college in the spring of 1920. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho.
Ken devoted most of his business life to the motion picture field, serving as projectionist in several Buffalo theatres and as a salesman for theatre equipment. Recently, as a result of his development of a process for refinishing motion picture screens, he established his own company.
Surviving Ken are his wife Florence; two daughters, Ruth and Patricia; and his brother Randall P. Caldwell '24.
JOSEPH ROBLEY TUCKER died on July 7 in Cape May Court House, N. J. Born August 3, 1898, at Berlin, N. H., Robley prepared for college in the schools of that city. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 1922 but left in December of freshman year.
Robley chose a career in the field of real estate and achieved phenomenal success as both an operator and investor.
He is survived by his wife Sidonia, and two sons, J. Robley Jr. and Samuel.
1924
No knowledge of several years of sickness could diminish the shock on hearing of the death of KENNETH AUSTIN HARVEY, on August 10 at his home 1659 Ridgewood St., Clearwater, Fla. He was probably the oldest member of our class. He would have been 57 years old on October 19, having been born in 1897 in Wellesley, Mass.
Ken and Dolores were able to attend our 30th reunion by having a room for him in Dick's House, the College infirmary. The chronic kidney condition had threatened his life since 1951, and his health was uncertain back as far as 1942, when he was refused a Commission by the Navy. It was not helped by the long hours and pressure of his war work.
Before coming to Dartmouth, Ken graduated from Philips Andover Academy and won the Croix de Guerre (1918) while serving as an ambulance driver with the French Army (1917-1919). In College, Ken ran freshman cross-country and track, was manager of baseball, vice-president of the newly formed Green Key, joined Psi Upsilon, and was honored by election to Paleopitus and Casque and Gauntlet, and was the first class President.
Ken's two sons were by his first wife, Isabelle Beggs, whom he married shortly after graduation, Sept. 22, 1924. Kenneth Jr. was born in 1926, entered Dartmouth in the class of 1950, but graduated from Tufts, as did his brother, Richardson, born in 1931. Ken married again in 1938, to Miriam Chaplin. In these early years, he was in the real estate and insurance businesses, moving to Hampton, N. H. in 1938. In 1939, Ken studied Commercial Law, at Boston University, to broaden his usefulness. This was seen when he turned to government work (1942-1945), as Chief of the Industry Advisory Committee, Construction Machines Division of the War Production Board. He was rewarded by the Certificate of Service. He also went to Greece and other countries on government business, which explains why he had to miss our 25th reunion. The past illnesses and pressure of work combined to build up to the tragic climax of his death.
Ken was later married to Dolores Furman, who was with him, as many of us remember pleasantly, at the recent 30th reunion. She Survives him in Clearwater, Florida. Also surviving are his two sons, three brothers, three sisters, and two grandchildren.
It would be hard to imagine any member of the class whose passing would be as universally and keenly felt by his classmates and their wives who knew him as Ken.
We were all concerned, in June, to know of OTTO C. GRAUER'S serious illness; the news of his death on July 9 came more with a sense of loss than as a surprise. He lived his 53 years in Buffalo, where he was born on February 13, 1901. He will be remembered as an active member of Chi Phi, as honored by election to Casque and Gauntlet and to Palaeopitus, and as manager of hockey and president of the Dartmouth Christian Association. Such varied activities brought him close to many members of the class, several of whom spoke intimately of him at the recent 30th reunion. He was also a member of the University Club.
Books played a dominant part in the life of Ot and his family. He entered the family business after graduation, in the book department of a branch store of the Otto Ulbrich Co. in Buffalo; he became vice president of the firm in 1935, in charge of the book department of the main store; and president of the firm when his father died in 1945. He saw the business expand four-fold, and many sidelines were added. Harry Holmlund perhaps knew him best because of their similar business interests. Within the trade, he was honored by election as vice president of the American Booksellers Association. He also succeeded his father as director of the Erie Federal Savings and Loan Association.
Otto married Harriet Richmond in 1928. He is survived by his wife, by two daughters, Phoebe, and Crista, by his mother and by a sister. The family home is at 130 Linwood Ave., Buffalo.
GEORGE CAMERON MATCHETT passed away on May 20, in Columbus Hospital in Seattle, Wash., after a two-week illness. At the time of his death he was living at 1661 Shenandoah Drive.
George was born in Spokane on November 5, 1901, the son of James N. and Adah (Forster) Matchett. He was educated in the local schools, and prepared for Dartmouth at the Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane. He was a member of Kappa Sigma.
After leaving college, George went into the real estate business in Seattle, and for some time was a member of the firm of Carter, MacDonald and Co. In recent years George was an associated broker with Henry Broderick, Inc. He was a past president of the Building Owners and Managers Association, and had long been extremely active in the field of property management.
George is survived by his wife, the former Virginia White; a son, George Jr. '50 and a brother Earl N. Matchett, all of Seattle. To them all goes the sympathy of the Class.
1929
ROLAND ASBURY NIVISON died on June 20 at the Monmouth Memorial Hospital after a month's illness. He was 47 years old and had resided at 38 Crest Drive, Little Silver, N. J. Nivy was born at Bayonne, N. J., and graduated from Asbury Park High School before attending Dartmouth, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
During World War II, he served in the Pacific as an infantry captain. At the time of his death, he was associated with the Redden agency in Red Bank, was an agent of National Life of Vermont, a trustee of the Monmouth Life Underwriters and a graduate of the American College of Life Underwriters. He was formerly employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Nivy had also been active in Cub Scouts, Civil Defense and the Little Silver Community Club.
Surviving him, besides Elizabeth Ann Hall Nivison, his wife, and Mrs. W. F. Nivison, his mother, are two sons, Robert and William; his brother, Harry, and three sisters, Mrs. W. B. Joachim, Mrs. G. W. Solomon, and Mrs. W. L. Clarkson.
Masonic services were held June 22 and the funeral was held June 23 at Adams Memorial Home, with Rev. Charles H. Best, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank, officiating. Burial was in Washington Memorial Cemetery, Paramus.
1933
COMNDR. EARLE CLIFTON GORDON JR. U.S.N, died of a heart attack at the U.S. Naval Base at Key West, Fla., on August 22. Memorial services were held at the Naval Station Chapel on August 30, and interment was at the Arlington National Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Evans Gordon, formerly of Concord, N. H., and three children, William 13, Sally 11, and George 2. His mother, Mrs. Earle C. Gordon, resides in Hanover.
At the time of his death Earle was legal officer at the Naval Base, a position he had held since June 1953, when he went to Key West from a position as Head of the Investigation Board and as Appellate Government Counsel in the office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington, D. C.
Earle was born at Canaan, N. H., the son of Earle C. Gordon '14 and Elizabeth Coburn. He attended schools in Concord and Tilton. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, and was active in Bait and Bullet, Cabin and Trail, the Outing Club, and the Handel Society. In 1936 he graduated from Boston University Law School, was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar and practised in Lebanon and Hanover. From 1938 to 1946 he served as Justice of the Municipal Court in Hanover. Taking a leave of absence from his judgeship, in 1942 he was commissioned as lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. After his wartime service, he accepted a commission as lieutenant commander in the regular Navy, in 1947. Until 1949 he served on the staff of the commanding officer, Guam, as assistant legal officer. In 1949 and 1950 he was attached to the Legal Office in Seattle.
Throughout his lite Earle was active in Dartmouth affairs and took a great personal interest in his Dartmouth associations. One of his classmates in Washington, D. C., writing of Earle shortly after his sudden death, wrote: "Earle was certainly a loyal alumnus and he was good company. He took his job with the Navy seriously and worked hard at the important assignments given him. We in '33 can take pride in this."
Always an interested and loyal alumnus, a devoted friend, and a good companion, Earle will be missed. His sudden, tragic death, in the full vigor of middle life, is a heavy blow to his classmates and all of us in the fellowship of Dartmouth men.
1954
The entire Hanover community was stunned when word was received that MILTON SIMS KRAMER had been killed in an automobile accident near Gilman, Colo., on August 20. He had gone to Colorado to work during the summer for the U S. Forestry Service. The shock spread across the country as classmates learned of Milt's death.
Milton Sims Kramer was born in New York City February 15, 1932, the son of Michael and Alene Kramer. He prepared for college at Bronx High School of Science. To quote a classmate. "Milt devoted most of his life's energies to Dartmouth and the contribution he made far surpasses that which most of us will ever make." He was a member of Sigma Nu, Casque and Gauntlet, Phi Beta Kappa; chairman of Palaeopitus; member of the Undergraduate Council, Green Key, Tabard, Faculty Committee on the Individual and the College Course; editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth. He graduated magna cum laude. with distinction in his major subject, English, and received the Wallis E. Howe prize for Journalism. His work on The Dartmouth had been recognized by an award from Newsweek magazine. Chosen as a Rhodes scholar, he was to have gone to Oxford University this fall.
Milt delivered the valedictory address at the Commencement exercises in June. In ending his valedictory he said, "The men who leave this college must operate in the context of true individuality, which is the source of any finer destiny for themselves and all other men. They must wear their hearts out after the unattainable." Milt had attained so much perhaps he was spared the heartbreak of the unattainable.
His father died two years ago. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Alene Kramer, of 1050 Park Ave., New York, and a younger brother Allen.
WILLARD GRANT ADORN '93
GEORGE MAURICE MORRIS "11
NATHAN COGGESHALL LENFESTEY '13
MILTON SIMS KRAMER '54
